OGIC: Word to the wise

Last week I linked to a finely reported and beautifully written story by Tom French, “Elegy for the King and Queen.” Devra Hall, whose site Devra DoWrite has long graced our blogroll, responded by posting links to several additional stories by French, who was her teacher. Devra reveals that French followed “Elegy” with a nine-part series on zoos and animals, “Zoo Story” (linked in her post) and she has sobering reflections on the demise of long-form narrative journalism like French’s.
Read her welcome post and follow her links to additional work by “a masterful narrative writer.” I spent part of last weekend reading the Pulitzer-winning “Angels and Demons,” which absorbed me almost beyond reach, and I’m now halfway through “The Hard Road.” Great stuff–thanks for the trove of links, Devra.